Revealed: The Secrets That Will Let You Find Some Peace In Greece
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With pretty villages, lush forests and hidden beaches, the area where Mount Pelion drops into the sea has a sprinkling of small pensions - or guesthouses - rather than big hotels. Greeks come here to ski in the winter and to swim in the summer.
Arriving at the laid-back Dodecanese island of Symi is part of the experience - too small for its own airport, Vergina greece taxi prices it is reached by ferry from Rhodes. But it is worth it to be greeted by superb views of one of the most picturesque harbours in the Aegean, taxi service Vergina greece with its colourful red-roofed houses, all of which are listed buildings.
Greeks come here taxi Dion to airport price ski in the winter and to swim in the summer. With pretty villages, lush forests and hidden beaches, the area where Mount Pelion drops into the sea has a sprinkling of small pensions - or taxi fare piraeus to Dion airport guesthouses - rather than big hotels.
A week's B&B costs from £1,255pp with flights and transfers (Also in the Cyclades, The Rooster has just opened on the under-the-radar island of Antiparos, offering a luxuriously contemporary take on an authentic Greek hotel. With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, with plenty of privacy and space. Take a boat trip from the beach to explore the coast, which is scalloped by more than 70 beaches, or head inland on one of the networks of old shepherds' footpaths to explore this lush island which feels a touch more Scottish Highlands than Cyclades. At night, dine on organic fresh produce from the vegetable garden.
Stay on an organic olive oil farm on the island's shores, with just four eco-luxe villas on the seven-acre Levendis Estate. A ferry ride away, Ithaca may be famous for being the home of the legendary hero Odysseus, but it is much sleepier than neighbouring Kefalonia.
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While the monasteries are among the most-visited sites in mainland Greece, the company's guides use hidden trails known only to the locals that follow in the footsteps of the first monks who arrived in the area in medieval times.
Ionian Island Holidays has a number of villas in the area, including the simply furnished two-bed Villa Jason, with private pool in the village of Horto. A week-long trip, with flights, transfers and car hire, costs from £971pp (The tiny islands that will make a huge impression
With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, with plenty of privacy and space. Take a boat trip from the beach to explore the coast, which is scalloped by more than 70 beaches, or head inland on one of the networks of old shepherds' footpaths to explore this lush island which feels a touch more Scottish Highlands than Cyclades. A week's B&B costs from £1,255pp with flights and transfers (Also in the Cyclades, The Rooster has just opened on the under-the-radar island of Antiparos, offering a luxuriously contemporary take on an authentic Greek hotel. At night, dine on organic fresh produce from the vegetable garden.
Swim in rocky coves a short drive away, and Dion guided tour visit the Diros Caves - one is more than a mile long that can be explored during a 40-minute boat trip. A week's B&B costs from £647pp, excluding flights (cittadeinicliani.com).
In the Cyclades, The Rooster has just opened on the under-the-radar island of Antiparos, offering a luxuriously contemporary take on an authentic Greek hotel. With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, with plenty of privacy and space. Pictured, the view from a garden view villa
Tucked away near the bottom of the peninsula is Citta dei Nicliani, a rustic but chic hotel in a restored 18th Century tower, with just seven rooms plus two new interconnecting suites in a separate building.
Among the Ionian islands, Kefalonia may have become busier since its 2001 starring role in the film of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, but there are still quiet corners, including the small peninsula of Cape Liakas, which doesn't attract day visitors thanks to its no-through-road and a rocky beach rather than a stretch of sand.
Six nights' B&B costs from £1,660pp with flights (Alternatively, follow the gods, who, according to Greek legend, chose the Pelion peninsula between Athens and Thessaloniki for their revelries, but which is blessedly free from mass tourism. A separate visit explores one of the six remaining monasteries once the day-trippers have left, ending with a magical view of the sun dipping behind the rocks.
A week in Koulka House costs from £830, excluding flights (Lunar landscapes - and island-hopping in style Villa company Scott Williams has many properties on Paxos, including the simple stone Koulka House, taxi Dion to airport price with a pool, sleeping four in the hamlet of Kastanida on the west coast.
Here, a group of 19 individually owned and decorated villas are available for hire, each with sea views. There are sunloungers and shade at the rocky shore, or it's a five-minute drive to a sandy beach. A network of footpaths weaves among the lemon and olive trees - it's a mile-and-a-half hike to the village of Spartia.
